Seeking alpha or creating beta? Charting the rise of hedge fund-based financial ecosystems

New Political Economy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 431-450

  Holmes, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; COMMODITY; FINANCIAL MARKET; INVESTMENT; INVESTMENT LOCATION;

EID: 70649106836     PISSN: 13563467     EISSN: 14699923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563460903287231     Document Type: Article

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